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Would relegation be that bad?

The question for me is what happens in the scenario where we go down but straight back up? Does that negate the PSR? I also wonder if it pushes a sale, and how that would effect it (assuming owners don’t buy more shares to generate income again).

Personally I think they will be arrogant enough to gamble on an immediate promotion and not get rid of as many players as people think.

Oh and from memory things like stadium development costs are immune from PSR, which would be alot of our non operating costs I expect
 
Are we ‘too big to fail’ (be relegated?). Perhaps it’s so existential that we can finish 18th but have to remain in the PL.
Well obviously that isn't going to happen but it will be a big blow to the Premier League brand. We are one of their star attractions.

Now I can almost hear the fans of other clubs choking on their biscuits but in terms of global viewing figures, brand awareness and revenue generation its just a fact. It is why we pretty much have a permanent invite to a European Super League. BTW an idea pushed heavily by the larger Italian clubs a raft of whom did get relegated as part of "Calciogate".

If we go down, the PL instantly loses 12 of its most profitable, most watched fixtures.

It might even kickstart discussions for the superleague up again because the superleague concept is precisely bourne of the idea that Europe's largest clubs are almost expected to invest heavily in huge, state of the art stadiums and squads full of galacticos but are not given more protection than other clubs from the prospects of relegation or missing out on European football despute the huge overheads they incur in drawing in the viewers to the "enhanced show".

Now in a purely sporting context the idea of giving such clubs preferential protection is anathema, but these are not sporting clubs any more, they're billion dollar businesses.....
 
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